amount
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- noun
- /əˈmaʊnt/
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- Over time, I have increased the amount of exercise I do in a day.
- an amount of time
- large amounts
- an amount of money
That being said, the amount of bloom is very low.
- That being said, the amount of bloom is very low.
- It's that perfect amount of bluey greeny mint.
- You need processing power in immense amounts and control of data.
- You don't feel a tremendous amount of of pressure from them.
- Just the perfect amount for you to choose him.
- The moment when we say, damn, a fair amount of people really suck.
Examples
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Typically, colleges and universities spend large amounts of money on promotional efforts to attract students.
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The amount of traffic on the road was higher than usual during the holiday weekend.
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Would you say that there is an amount of risk?
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And everyone gets the same amount from day one.
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Students need to be involved in a fair amount of individual and group work.
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It's just a small amount of paperwork.
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Despite this importance, only a small amount of research on this topic exists.
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I think there's a fair amount of truth to it.
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Are you able to set aside a reasonable amount of time to dedicate to your studies?
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She donated a generous amount to the charity to support their cause.
Synonyms
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The total of people or things in a group
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The whole amount you get when you add numbers together
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An amount of something found by measuring or counting
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An amount of something you can measure or count
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The total you get when you add two or more numbers
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The whole amount you get after you add all parts
A short written form used for a total or quantity
A number that shows how much of something there is
Antonyms
Compounds
A company that sells certificates and promises to pay a fixed amount on a set date
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Amount comes from an old French verb amonter, built from ad- 'to' and mont, like the English word mount meaning 'to climb' or 'hill'. So think of numbers 'climbing up' to a point, and an amount is the total that things 'reach'.